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After meeting for nearly 32 hours, most bargainers for General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union adjourned talks without a national contract deal as several more truck plants headed for strike-related shutdowns. . . . Salisbury, N.C.-based Food Lion Inc. said it has agreed to buy Florida-based supermarket chain Kash n’ Karry Food Stores Inc. in a deal valued at $341 million. . . . Stratosphere Corp. named Richard Schuetz president and chief executive, and he joins the board of directors.